Quist World Tour

Last night we left the older two sleeping at the Boumans' apartment, so we were a one child family when we got up this morning. What a peaceful morning that was! We slept in a bit, got ourselves together and went to find a restaurant for a breakfast out with Allison. It seems that Budapestians (Budapestites?) don't go out to breakfast. If they do, they do it later than 9:30. Which makes sense, given that we are sleeping with an open window, and the neighborhood is lively until well into the early hours of the morning! There was a grocery store open, so we bought a few things and sat in a park bench to eat before showing up at the Boumans' apartment once more. It was another lovely morning--we have had incredible weather, uncharacteristically warm in both Vienna and Budapest. We are told this is all to change on Friday, which is fine because we are tired of the 2 or 3 short-sleeved shirts in our rotation, but what an unexpected bonus the summer weather has been! Julie, Bas...

What's more important? Time, money or peace in the car? We made that decision without any qualms today. We left Vienna behind, but not before we stopped at an electronics store in an attempt to find a converter that would allow us to charge the kids' Nintendo DS/DSi/3DS's, otherwise known as the mind-absorption machines. The store did have a converter that would work, but it was enormous and cost about $120. We're not THAT desperate for peace and harmony. They also had a little gadget that allows my camera to communicate with the computer. If we could just get a decent internet connection in our room, I'd add some more pictures. Here's hoping. In light of the fact that we would not spend that kind of money in their store, the electronics clerk sent us across the street to Toys R Us. Bingo. For $25, we got a car charger that adapts to all of the various generations of DS that exist in our household, thereby guaranteeing peace, harmony and a serious loss of brai...